"Freight Transportation's Safety Advocate"

The Trucking Alliance is a leading proponent of safety reforms in the freight transportation industry, supporting policies to

Increase the safety and working environment of commercial truck drivers,

Reduce the number and severity of large truck accidents, and

Improve highway safety for the general public who share the road with the freight transportation industry.

A select number of freight transportation carriers created the Trucking Alliance around a core set of operating principles. These principles exceed current federal minimum requirements for motor carriers. The Trucking Alliance member companies also believe that if the industry adopted these principles, the number and severity of large truck accidents can be reduced.

History of the Alliance

2010: The Arkansas Trucking Association Board of Directors organized the "Alliance for Driver Safety & Security", a 501(c) 6 business league, the purpose of which was to persuade Congress to expedite three regulatory rule making policies that had been languishing at the US Department of Transportation for many years.

2011: The Trucking Alliance (as it became commonly known) worked with a coalition of consumer safety groups to secure sponsors in the U.S. Senate. These Senators introduced bills to try and pass these three objectives. Committee hearings were subsequently held on two of them (the ELD and drug clearinghouse bills) and both received a 'do pass' recommendation from the Senate Commerce Committee to the full U.S. Senate.

2012: The Senate and later, the House of Representatives passed bills to 1) require ELDs in all commercial trucks and 2) create a drug clearinghouse legislation and President Obama signed them into law.

2014: The Trucking Alliance became a stand-alone organization and broadened its truck safety agenda to support policies that improve the safety and security of commercial drivers and the motoring public.

“Freight Transportation's Safety Advocate”

The US freight transportation industry must do more to reduce large truck accidents. The industry operates more than 10 million trucks to deliver more than 13 billion tons of freight across America’s highways each year. But the industry was also involved in 300,000 accidents, 13 percent of all traffic accidents. These accidents killed 3,944 people and another 100,000 people were injured.

Over the next three decades, these freight shipments will increase by 45 percent! Intermodal (truck & rail) shipments will double. Home deliveries will grow exponentially. US highways are already congested, increasing the risks of large trucks accidents. While large trucks are less likely to crash than are passenger vehicles, an accident involving a large truck is almost always more severe to truck drivers and motorists alike.

The Trucking Alliance is working to advance safety reforms that can reduce these accidents. For example, the Trucking Alliance fully supports the "Road to Zero" national initiative. Announced in October 2016, and comprised of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the National Safety Council, these federal agencies are working with the private and public sectors to design plans to fully eliminate all highway accident fatalities.

“The Alliance is committed to safety objectives that make sense for our country first, the trucking industry second, and our companies third. We shouldn't’t tolerate 300,000 trucking accidents that kill upwards of 4,000 people each year, and 600 of those fatalities are truck drivers. We can do more as an industry to help lower risks for our truck drivers and all motorists.”

Steve Williams

President, The Trucking Alliance

Chairman and CEO, Maverick USA

"The public doesn't have a choice to share the highways with millions of commercial trucks each day. For that reason, freight transportation companies have a moral and ethical responsibility to keep the public's trust."

Lane Kidd

Managing Director

The Trucking Alliance

The Trucking Alliance Board of Directors

The board of directors sets all policy and objectives, based on recommendations of its Advisory Group. The Alliance does not employ personnel but relies on its corporate affiliates to provide analysis and knowledge of issues and to formulate policies. The Alliance contracts professionals to implement media relations and advocacy.

Steve Williams - President

Chairman and CEO

Maverick USA

Little Rock, Arkansas

Kevin Knight - Vice President

Executive Chairman of the Board

Knight Transportation

Phoenix, Arizona

Reggie Dupre´ - Secretary and Treasurer

President and CEO

Dupre´ Logistics, LLC

Lafayette, Louisiana

Craig Harper - Director

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President

JB Hunt Transport Services

Lowell, Arkansas

Advisory Group

The Alliance Advisory Group evaluates proposed rules and regulations affecting the trucking industry and recommends policies and positions to the Alliance Board of Directors that best reflect the Alliance goals.

Dean Newell

Vice President of Safety & Driver Training

Maverick USA

Little Rock, Arkansas

Brett Sant

Vice President of Safety & Risk Management

Knight Transportation

Phoenix, Arizona

Greer Woodruff

Vice President of Safety and Security

J.B. Hunt Transport

Lowell, Arkansas

John Culp

President

Maverick USA

Little Rock, Arkansas

Mark Brockinton

CEO of Transportation and Logistics Team

Aon Risk Solutions

Little Rock, Arkansas

Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Advisory Group

The ELD Advisory Group, chaired by Greer Woodruff of JB Hunt Transport, advises the Trucking Alliance Board of Directors on the relevant issues and concerns regarding full implementation of ELDs throughout the trucking industry. The ELD Advisory Group limits its opinions to matters specific to ELDs only.